Neil Duckett

This weeks theme in The Photo Hunt is Delicious or Oishii (おいしい) in Japanese. Oishii also happens to be one of the most over used words in Japan, that along with Sugoii.

I spent Xmas in Australia this year, the first time in the last 4 from memory and was treated to some home cooking while i  was there, something i miss while living in Japan.

Here`s this weeks photo depicting Delicious, thanks Mum.

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This weeks theme in The Photo Hunt is Light or Hikari (ひかり) in Japanese.

Once again this week i have 2 photos i want to use, both being very different but very familiar to those living in or having visited Japan

The first picture to depict this weeks theme of Light, was taken from West Exit in Shinjuku. The shop in question is Yodobashi Camera, 8 floors of electronic heaven and the place i buy all of my electronic good including my Canon Camera and my Sony Living Room PC.

The second photo is the view from our office as the sun sets over the distant mountain range. To the right of the photo is Mount Fuji, or Fuji-san as it’s known in Japan. Often we’re graced with spectacular sunsets all very different from the last.

Mount Fuji (富士山, Fuji-san) , is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776 m (12,388 ft). A dormant volcano that last erupted in 1707, it straddles the boundary of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures just west of Tokyo, from which it can be seen on a clear day. It is located near the Pacific coast of central Honshū. Three small cities surround it, they are: Gotemba (East), Fuji-Yoshida (North) and Fujinomiya (Southwest).

Mount Fuji’s exceptionally symmetrical cone is a well-known symbol of Japan and it is frequently depicted in art and photographs, as well as visited by sightseers and climbers.

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One of the best things to come out of the recent competition i held was my discovery of new sites, and specifically The Photo Hunt.

The idea behind this site is that each week there’s a new theme you’re supposed to follow. The themes are already listed through the first few months of next year so there’s no great surprise as to what comes next week. If nothing else it’s a good way for me to get the most out of my Canon Camera and also learn new words in Japanese.

I intend taking part in The Photo Hunt as often as i can and i’ll be sure to try and put a Japanese flavour into each of my photos. Here’s one i dug up from a few months back, i’m not going to win any competitions for photography but i’ll still have fun trying to get a photo for the theme each week.

This weeks theme is as the title suggests - Small or Chisai (ちさい) in Japanese. I had 2 photos i wanted to post for my version of “Small”. The first was taken at a summer Hanami Party in Hon-Atsugi, the area i work, and the second at Meiji-Jingu Shrine in Harajuku, just near my home, on New Years Day this year.

On the topic of Harajuku, i had an email earlier this week from Erik Van Loon asking me to plug this weekends ‘Fight For Love’ so here you go Erik.

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